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UNITED STATES 1 ATEN'T ()FFICE.

CHARLES F. l-IILDER, OF LONDON, ENGLAND.

TYPE-JUST IFYING MECHANISM.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 565,749, dated August11, 1896. Application filed August 15, 1895. $erial No. 559,375. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CHARLES FREDERICK HILDER, mechanician, a citizen ofEngland, residing at Brompton' House, Hampton, London, in the county ofMiddlesex, England, have invented certain new and useful Apparatus forFacilitatingthe J ustifyin g of Lines of Types Composed by Machinery, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My invention relates to apparatus whereby the justifying of lines oftypes composed by machinery is facilitated. It is to be understood thatthe types as they arecomposed are pushed successively into a trough orgroove which may be many times the length of the justified line. Inorder to economize time, I preferably provide two of these troughs sideby side, forming them as parallel grooves in a bar of metal, by movingwhich laterally either groove can be brought to face thedischarging-mouth of the composing-machine. While the one is beingcharged with types the other can have its types divided into j ustifi edlines, and so on alternately.

For facilitating the justifying operation I use in the composing-machinespecially-constructed elastic space-types, which normally are thickerthan spaces usually are, but which can be compressed to a smallerthickness. In dividing off lines of type composed with these spaces Iremove from the groove, in the manner hereinafter described, a number ofthe types and spaces which occupy a length greater than that of theline, and then 5, 6, 7, and 8 illustrate the construction of the elasticspace-types.

A is the bar, having two parallel grooves, one of which (that on theright hand) has been filled by the composing-machine with types andspaces. Near the mouth of each of the grooves in A there is apush-button L, at-

tached to a piece which is fitted to slide in a slot formed in the sideof A. The sliding piece has at its upper part a projection a,

which is usually held back by a spring arslid down, leaving one side ofthe line of types in trough B exposed. The block D is pivoted onhorizontal trunnions at below, so that by means of a handle E it can beturned through a circular arc to the position indicated by the dottedlines in Fig. 2.

G is a galley pivoted on a horizontal axis 9, so that it can take aninclined position, as shown, or can be turned down tothe horizontalposition indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 2. Both the block D andthegalley G are suitably counterpoised.

The bearings for the trunnions cl and the axis 9 are formed in a framewhich can be slid to and fro by turning a setting-screw M.

Referring to Figs. 5, 6, 7, and 8, the elastic space-type is made bytaking a rectangular piece of thin sheet elastic metal, such as steel,cutting a slit from each end less than halfway, so as to leave a littlemetal in the middle, as shown in Fig. 5, bending the metal, as shown inFig. 6, either before or after the slitting, then folding the one sideover the other, bending the ligament of metal in the middle, thusforming the elastic space shown in side View in Fig. 7 and in plan inFig. 8, consisting of the two thicknesses of sheet metal held togetherat-the middle with their upper and lower limbs spreading apart.

The end of the bar A has projecting from it a segmental guard N, and theside of the galley G has pivoted to it, near its end, another segmentalguard P, which overlies N. The trough B has at its end a block orfollower K, which can be set in position to determine the length of lineheld in the trough. The galley Gr has a block or follower Q, which canslide between the sides of the galley, but

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has suitable springs at its ends causing friction sufficient to preventit from sliding down subject to the weight of the types above it.

The apparatus operates as follows: By means of the screw M the framecarrying the trunnions of D is moved so as to bring the end of the shorttrough B into exact coincidence with the end of the groove of A which isto be emptied of its types. A number of types are advanced by a followeradvanced by cords and weights, as usual, or otherwise, so as to fill theshort trough B. The operator then moves the button along the slot of Atill its projection a comes to a space at a little distance from the endof A. He presses the button, thus pushing a over the space between thetwo types which it separates. He then slides the button along the slot,thus pushing into the trough B a few more types and compressing thespaces already in the trough, thus charging it with a justified line ofthe proper length. By means of the handle E the operator moves the blockD over to the dotted position, and just as the rule 0 reaches the end ofthe galley G he presses the handle F, thereby lowering the rule 0,whereupon he pushes the line of type into the galley by pressing aspring-button H. During the movement of the blockD theline of typescontained in its trough B is prevented from expanding so as to eXtrudetypes at its ends by passing along the guards N and P, which cover theend of the trough. When the galley G is filled with justified lines oftype, it can be turned down to its horizontal position and the types canbe transferred from it to a form.

Although I have shown two grooves in the bar A, obviously there might beonly a single groove, constituting a trough which when emptied can beremoved, another filled with types being put in its place.

Having thus described the nature of my said invention and the best meansI know for carrying the same into practical effect, I claim 1. Anelastic spacer for justifying a mechanically-composed line of type,consisting of a thin sheet-metal plate slitted in its opposite ends,folded upon itself on a line coincident with the slits and having theextremities of the folded portions spread apart, as shown and described.

2. The combination of a pivoted galley, a longitudinally-slotted barhaving a type-line groove, a pivoted block having a trough adapted toregister with the type-line groove of the bar, a button movable in thelongitudinallyslotted part of said bar and provided with means forengaging and moving type from the groove of the bar into the pivotedtrough, a slidable rule forming one side of the trough, a handle forsliding the rule, a handle for swinging the pivoted block to and fromthe galley, and a device for pressing the type-line in the trough intothe galley, substantially as described.

3. The combination in a type-justifier, of a galley, alongitudinally-slotted bar having a type-line groove, a pivoted blockadapted to swing to and from the galley and having an attached type-linetrough, a spring-pressed push-button movable in thelongitudinallyslotted part of the bar and provided with means forengaging and moving the type from the groove of said bar into saidtrough, a slidable rule forming one side of the trough, means forsliding the rule to open one side of the trough, means for swinging thepivoted block to and from the galley, and means for pressing thejustified type line from the trough into the galley, substantially asdescribed.

4. The combination in a type-justifier, of a pivoted galley, alongitudinally-slotted bar having a type-line groove, a pivoted blockprovided with an attached line-tron gh,a pushbutton movable in thelongitudinally-slotted part of the bar and provided with means forengaging and moving type from the groove of said bar into said trough, aslidable rule forming one side of the trough, a handle for sliding therule to openand close one side of the trough, a handle for swinging thepivoted block to and from the galley, and a push-button carried by thetrough for pressing the justified line of type therefrom into the galleywhen the rule is moved to open one side of the trough, substantially asdescribed.

5. The combination in a type-justifier, of a pivoted counterpoisedgalley Ghaving a segmental guard P, a longitudinally-slotted bar Ahaving a type-line groove and a segmental guard N adapted to cooperatewith the segmental guard on the galley, a pivoted, counterpoised blockD, having an attached linetrough B, means for moving type from thegroove of the bar into said trough, a slidable rule 0 forming one sideof the trough, means for sliding the rule, means for swinging thepivoted block, and means for pressing the j ustified line of type in thetrough into the galley, substantially as described.

6. The combination in a type-justifier, of a galley, a bar having atype-line groove, a pivoted block having an attached line-trough andmovable to and from the galley, means for moving type from the groove ofsaid bar into the said trough, a slidable rule forming one side of thetrough, a handle for sliding the rule, a handle for swinging the blockto and from the galley, and means for pressing the justified line oftype from the pivoted trough into the galley, substantially asdescribed.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification, in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses, this 7th day of August, A. D.1895.

CHARLES F. IIILDER.

WVitnesses:

GEO. J. B. FRANKLIN, WALTER J. SKERTEN.

